1 Kings 2:22

Easy To Read Version

King Solomon answered his mother, “Why are you asking me to give Abishag to Adonijah? Why don’t you just ask me to let him be king too! After all, he is my older brother. Abiathar the priest and Joab will support him!”

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:8

I let you take his family and his wives. And I made you king of Israel and Judah. As if that were not enough, I gave you more and more.

2 Samuel 16:21

Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Your father left some of his wives [96] here to take care of the house. Go and have sexual relations with them. Then all the Israelites will hear that your father hates you. And all of your people will be encouraged to give you more support.”

1 Kings 1:11

But Nathan heard about this and went to Solomon’s mother Bathsheba. Nathan asked her, “Have you heard what Haggith’s son, Adonijah, is doing? He is making himself king. And our master, King David, knows nothing about it.

1 Kings 2:15

Adonijah said, “You remember that at one time the kingdom was mine. All the people of Israel thought I was their king. But things changed. Now my brother is the king. The Lord chose him to be king.

1 Chronicles 3:2

The third son was Absalom. His mother was Maacah, daughter of Talmai. Talmai was the king of Geshur.

1 Chronicles 3:5

These are the children born to David in Jerusalem:

Matthew 20:22

So Jesus said to the sons, “You don’t understand what you are asking. Can you accept the kind of suffering that I must have {\cf2\super [275]} ?”

Mark 10:38

Jesus said, “You don’t understand what you are asking. Can you accept the kind of suffering that I must have {\cf2\super [133]} ? Can you be baptized with the same kind of baptism {\cf2\super [134]} that I must have?”

James 4:3

Or when you ask, you don’t receive. Why? Because the reason you ask is wrong. You only want things so that you can use those things for your own pleasures.